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What is the title of his 1962 prose collection?

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  • The Dyer's Hand

  • The Sea and the Mirror

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The Dyer's Hand is a 1962 prose collection by the British novelist and poet W. H. Auden. It consists of 20 essays on various topics, including art, literature, music, and religion. The title refers to the belief that the artist must have a practical craft, or "dyer's hand", in order to create great art.
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